Figure 1.--The Munsters had a short run of only 2 years. It was very popular, but widely dimissed by critics. It was in fact an enjoyable playful spoof of horror movies which featured a grade school boy. The program soon developed a cult-like following. |
Eddie Munster was one of TV's most elegantly dressed boys. He wore a short pants velvet suit with a wide white collar. The series was shot in black and white, but color publicity shots appear to show that it was black velvet suit. It is not really a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit. It is more like a velvet Eton suit like boys would wear to dress up at Christmas. The suit had a sort, cut-away jacket. He never took his jacket off, but the short pants apparently wer suspender shorts like most Eton suits had. He wears it with a large white Peter Pan collar and a floppy bow. He also wears grey cableknit kneesocks. Cableknit kneesocks were primaily worn by gils. He probably wore them because they were readily available in American stores. As strange as his outfit was for an American boy going to a suburban primary school, it was never once a topic for one of the episodes or even mentioned during the various shows.
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